Definition of lingua

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Lingua (n.) A median process of the labium, at the under side of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue..

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Ranine :: Ranine (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a swelling under the tongue; also, pertaining to the region where the swelling occurs; -- applied especially to branches of the lingual artery and lingual vein..
Fissilingual :: Fissilingual (a.) Having the tongue forked.
Bilingualism :: Bilingualism (n.) Quality of being bilingual.
Sublingual :: Sublingua (n.) A process or fold below the tongue in some animals.
Dentilingual :: Dentilingual (a.) Produced by applying the tongue to the teeth or to the gums; or representing a sound so formed.
Cerebral :: Cerebral (n.) One of a class of lingual consonants in the East Indian languages. See Lingual, n..
Linguatulida :: Linguatulida (n. pl.) Same as Linguatulina.
Elinguation :: Elinguation (n.) Punishment by cutting out the tongue.
Radula :: Radula (n.) The chitinous ribbon bearing the teeth of mollusks; -- called also lingual ribbon, and tongue. See Odontophore..
Sublingual :: Sublingual (a.) Situated under the tongue; as, the sublingual gland..
Linguality :: Linguality (n.) The quality of being lingual.
Pentastomida :: Pentastomida (n. pl.) Same as Linguatulina.
Diglottism :: Diglottism (n.) Bilingualism.
Docoglossa :: Docoglossa (n. pl.) An order of gastropods, including the true limpets, and having the teeth on the odontophore or lingual ribbon..
Lingual :: Lingual (n.) A consonant sound formed by the aid of the tongue; -- a term especially applied to certain articulations (as those of t, d, th, and n) and to the letters denoting them..
Linguacious :: Linguacious (a.) Given to the use of the tongue; loquacious.
Trilinguar :: Trilinguar (a.) See Trilingual.
N :: N () the fourteenth letter of English alphabet, is a vocal consonent, and, in allusion to its mode of formation, is called the dentinasal or linguanasal consonent. Its commoner sound is that heard in ran, done; but when immediately followed in the same word by the sound of g hard or k (as in single, sink, conquer), it usually represents the same sound as the digraph ng in sing, bring, etc. This is a simple but related sound, and is called the gutturo-nasal consonent. See Guide to Pronunciation,
Linguadental :: Linguadental (n.) An articulation pronounced by the aid or use of the tongue and teeth.
Ro-setta Stone :: Ro-setta stone () A stone found at Rosetta, in Egypt, bearing a trilingual inscription, by aid of which, with other inscriptions, a key was obtained to the hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt..
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